Bottle wrapper and roller



Nov. 14, 1939. w. 1.. DEWBERRY 2,179,730

BOTTLE WRAPPER AND ROLLER Filed July 6, 1938 [mill bar/ 5 IN VEN TOR.

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Patented Nov. 14, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE K BOTTLE WRAPPER ANDROLLER William L. Dewberry, Dallas, Tex.

Application July 6, 1938, Serial No. 217,768

2 Claims.

This invention aims to provide novel means for holding napkins of paper,or thin sheets of tissue paper, in such position that when a bottlewhich is wet is rolled along the uppermost sheet of paper, the sheet ofpaper will stick to the bottle and form a covering for the bottle. Thedevice is of use, since it is a well recognized fact that fastidiousdrinkers of bottled goods desire to have the bottles wrapped in paperwhen they are dispensed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the classdescribed which has a novel, combined, bottle roller and paper holder.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the presentinvention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed, and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 shows in side elevation, a device constructed in accordance withthe invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan;

Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 3--3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a fragmental transverse section showing the mounting of thecombined bottle roller and paper holder, and attendant parts.

The device, for the most part, may be made out of metal, and includes anoblong, rectangular base B, made up of a frame I carrying a horizontaltable 2, the frame being supported, if desired, on rubber legs 3.Vertical guide standards 4 are located near the front end of the base Band are secured to the table 2, the guide standards projecting upwardlyabove the table. The letter G designates, generally, a paper grip,comprising a horizontal bar 5 carrying vertically adjustable dependingprongs 6. At its ends, the bar 5 of the paper grip G has openings 1,receiving the guide standards 4, the paper grip G being verticallyadjustable. The bar 5 is provided at its ends with depending arms 8,located on the outside of the guide standards 4, in slidable contacttherewith. The arms 8 are supplied at their lower ends with approachingfingers 9, extended part-way around the guide standards 4. The arms 8and the fingers 9 tend to keep the bar 5 at right angles to the guidestandards 4, and, therefore, the paper grip G will move smoothly up anddown on the guide standards 4. The paper grip G is drawn downwardly bypull springs ID, the upper ends of the pull springs being connected tothe arms 8 of the bar 5, and the lower ends of the pull springs beingconnected to the sides of the frame I.

At the rear end of the base B is located a combined bottle roller andpaper holder which is designated generally by the letter R. The bottleroller and paper holder R includes a horizontal clamp piece ll havingdepending arms l2 connected by pivot elements M to the sides of theframe I, the arms l2 being mounted to move in slots l5 in the table 2.The numeral l6 designates a side handle the foot of which is held by asecuring element ll on one of the arms l2 of the bottle roller and paperholder R. Pull springs l8 are shown. The upper ends of the pull springsl8 are connected, in one instance, by the securing element IT, to one ofthe arms I2 of the bottle roller and paper holder R and in the otherinstance, to the corresponding arm of the paper holder and bottleroller, by an additional securing element 2| shown in Fig. 2. The lowerends of the pull springs l8 are connected to the sides of the frame I byanchor members Hi. The anchor members H! are located directly below thepivot elements l4 that carry the bottle roller and paper holder R forswinging movement longitudinally of the base B.

When the bottle roller and paper holder R is swung rearwardly into theposition shown in Fig. 1, its movement in that direction is limited,because the arms !2 engage the table 2 at the rear ends of the slotsIt]. The springs I8 are double acting springs, in that, when the memberR is in the solid line position of Fig. 1, they, tend to hold the bottleroller in that position. When, however, the member R is swung over tothe left in Fig. 1, into paper holding position, the springs is hold themember R in the position last referred to.

A stack of thin paper sheets 20 is placed on the table 2, the paper gripG having been raised, and the springs Ill having been elongated. Whenthe paper grip C is released, it slides downwardly on the guidestandards 4, under the impulse of the springs l0, and the prongs 6engage the stack 20 of paper, near its forward end. The paper holder Rcan be swung over into the dotted line position of Fig. 1, to hold thesheets 20 of paper properly stacked and against blowing about andtearing, when the device is not in use.

When it is desired to use the article, the paper holder and bottleroller R is swung rearwardly 10 the bottle rolls along in a forwarddirection until it strikes the paper grip G, and specifically the v ar 5thereof, the sheet of paper around the bottle, being thin, beingstripped out from beneath the holding prongs 6. As the member R swingsl5 forwardly, the clamp piece ll comes down on top engage on top of thestack 20 of paper.

of the stack 20 of paper, as shown in dotted line in Fi 1.

If the operator prefers, he may, of course, roll the bottle 22 forwardlyfrom the position of Fig. 2, by hand, and without tilting the member Rforwardly. Under such circumstances, however, he has to perform two"operations, one of which is rolling the bottle 22, and the other ofwhich is swinging the member R forwardly, so that it will The device,however, is so constructed that these two operations may be combinedinto one, all that it being necessary for the operator to do, being toswing the member R forwardly when the bottle 22 is in the position shownin solid line in Fig. 1.

What is claimed is:

1. In a machine for wrapping wet bottles, to which paper will adhere, abase, a grip carried by the base, a combined bottle roller and paperholder 35 pivoted to the base for swinging movement at the will of anoperator forwardly toward the grip and rearwardly away from the grip,the grip constituting means for holding a stack of paper on the base,with one end of the stack in a fixed position with respect to the rollerand holder, means for limiting the rearward movement of the roller andholder, to dispose it in such position that when a bottle is disposedagainst the roller and holder, the lower portion of the bottle will restupon and project outwardly beyond said end of the stack, thereby to pickup terminally the uppermost sheet of the stack, for rolling, and springmeans for swinging the roller and holder rearwardly to bottle-abutmentposition, and forwardly to paper holding position.

2. In a bottle wrapping machine, a base including a table having slots,a movable paper grip carried by the base and located adjacent to theforward end of the base, a paper holder located adjacent to the rear endof the base and comprising a clamp piece having depending arms which areextended downwardly through the slots and pivoted to the base within thebase and beneath the table, for swinging movement toward and from thepaper grip, one of the arms engaging the table at the rear end of one ofthe slots to stop the paper holder in a rearwardly-inclined position,the paper holder being movable toward the paper grip, into paper-holdingposition above the table, a pull spring, and means for connecting thepull spring to the paper holder and to the base in such relation theretothat the spring will retain the paper holder yieldably in either of thepositions specified.

WILLIAM L. DEWBERRY.

